Legal Opinion
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Hayden
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 3, 1902PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before Hon. T. F. Hash.
1Opinion of the Court
TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.
Finley Haden, a young man 24 years of age, was an employe of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, and worked in its machine shops at Cleburne. He was operator of a lathe machine and was a skillful and experienced workman. The power to run the machinery came from the main shaft overhead and was transmitted by means of a belt. The belt encircled the main shaft and a smaller shaft attached to the machine. There were two pulleys on one of the shafts, one of them being loose and the other tight. When the belt was on the tight pulley the machine was in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McCray v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
- Mexican Central Railway Co. v. LauricellaTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- East Line & Red River Railroad v. BrinkerTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Thiel v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
3Cited by14 opinions
- North Little Rock Transportation Co. v. FinkbeinerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
- Gammage v. Gamer Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Freeman v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Towle v. Stimson Mill Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1903
- Gamer Co. v. GammageCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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